I have grown to like the Photowall live wallpaper that came on the Samsung Galaxy S III and now a family member just won a Motorola Xoom in a raffle and would like the same LWP. My problem is that even though it mostly works fine (loads and shows the stock pictures) the custom photo selector in the settings is hard coded to use Samsungs gallery app.
I can also modify the apk to replace the stock jpgs with my own and it works but that is limited to replacing the original 8 and not adding anymore.
Would anyone be able to modify the app to use the stock Android gallery. This would be my first choice.
Or a second option being to let it use more then 8 stock photos. Somewhere in the range of 20-50
I have attached the apk to work with it is the stock file taken from the S3 firmware then signed with test keys just to get it to install and work on my S2.
Pictures taken after updating to 4.2.2 on Task's AOKP don't load in Snapseed. I noticed the camera has quite a few more options, so I'm guessing the APK is different. My theory is that it is writing the files differently, making them unreadable to Snapseed. Does any other ROM use the same camera? The pictures I have taken with previous versions of Android load up just fine. I tried contacting support for Snapseed, but their default response was that they don't support rooted devices. Wondering if I should load up the previous camera from Titanium Backup, but I don't want to lose all these extra features.
I looked through the top results that were suggested as "similar threads" and nothing seemed to match what I was looking for, so hopefully this is not a repeat.
Now that the new Google Camera app is out, I've read quite a few comments/reviews from folks that just don't like it as an update to the stock Camera app (I don't believe it's still AOSP). Features like the shutter delay/timer, time-lapse creation, capturing stills/frames while taking a video, and white balance settings have all disappeared.
I'm using a Nexus 5, so installation of the Google Camera app eliminates my stock Camera app. For Samsung, HTC, LG, etc. users out there, they get to have their stock (from their manufacturer) camera app as well as the Google Camera app.
Is there any way that the Google Camera .apk can be modified or 'repackaged' so it's not treated as an update, but can be run as a separate, stand-alone camera on my N5 and any other devices that have Google's (old) Camera app as their stock camera?
TIA!
Heya, chaps
So, the idea of this thread is to share information on the apps you have found to work best with your RAZR HD's. Or something like that Share your favourite apps with a short description what it does and why you consider it to be good at it Mentioning apps you found to be incompatible with our apps, even if they said they were, or the ones that just don't work as advertised is welcome, too.
When you do list your apps of choice, please mention which ROM you're using, too! There are many differences between various ROMs and Android versions, so it's only natural that some apps don't bridge the differences well.
This post will possibly turn into an index of recommended applications, if the thread gets enough attention
Cheers!
Let me start, I suppose. Although, at the moment, I really don't use many (except the AOSP ones) at all
gStrings Free Tuner - I play the bass and having a phone as a decent tuner comes in rather handy at many occasions and I've found this app to be pretty accurate, as well. The author has since made a fancier version called "Waves" but I've remained faithful to this one.
CM Next Camera - this has been my favourite camera app ever since I first installed it while I was on CM11 with my R HD. The UI is simplistic, yet absolutely perfectly intuitive for me - you set all your modes up and just flick through them with up and down swipes, while video recording starts as soon as you hit the dedicated in-app button. No need to switch to video camera mode first, as in many other apps, and no need to go into any menus if you, say, want to capture that beautiful scenery before you in HDR mode. But, ever since CM12 came along, it just doesn't seem to work as well, at least not for me. It often does a shot off-focus and the exposure and colour balance just aren't as good as they should be. I've searched and found newer versions of the apk, but it didn't help. I'm looking for an alternative now... Might switch to Camera Zoom FX, because that has given me great shots whenever I used it, but I'm open for other suggestions! I don't expect an DSLR-like pictures, don't get me wrong, but there's clearly something amiss here.
K-9 Mail - I've tried all of the fancy e-mail clients, but I always come back to K-9. It's just feels the most robust of all and it does everything I need. I don't mind if I need to tap the screen once or twice more than I would with a different e-mail client.
QuickOffice Pro - version 5.5.209 - this is an app I got from my old Defy and just continued installing it on the R HD. I've tried switching to different, newer versions and apps and I just don't find them as good. This works very fast, isn't bloated with a fancy UI, and has been able to open everything else any other office app can as of now. Is there a worthy replacement?
Did you try A Better Camera? One downsize for me is saving data to SD card is under development for Android 5.
niksy+ said:
Let me start, I suppose. Although, at the moment, I really don't use many (except the AOSP ones) at all
gStrings Free Tuner - I play the bass and having a phone as a decent tuner comes in rather handy at many occasions and I've found this app to be pretty accurate, as well. The author has since made a fancier version called "Waves" but I've remained faithful to this one.
CM Next Camera - this has been my favourite camera app ever since I first installed it while I was on CM11 with my R HD. The UI is simplistic, yet absolutely perfectly intuitive for me - you set all your modes up and just flick through them with up and down swipes, while video recording starts as soon as you hit the dedicated in-app button. No need to switch to video camera mode first, as in many other apps, and no need to go into any menus if you, say, want to capture that beautiful scenery before you in HDR mode. But, ever since CM12 came along, it just doesn't seem to work as well, at least not for me. It often does a shot off-focus and the exposure and colour balance just aren't as good as they should be. I've searched and found newer versions of the apk, but it didn't help. I'm looking for an alternative now... Might switch to Camera Zoom FX, because that has given me great shots whenever I used it, but I'm open for other suggestions! I don't expect an DSLR-like pictures, don't get me wrong, but there's clearly something amiss here.
K-9 Mail - I've tried all of the fancy e-mail clients, but I always come back to K-9. It's just feels the most robust of all and it does everything I need. I don't mind if I need to tap the screen once or twice more than I would with a different e-mail client.
QuickOffice Pro - version 5.5.209 - this is an app I got from my old Defy and just continued installing it on the R HD. I've tried switching to different, newer versions and apps and I just don't find them as good. This works very fast, isn't bloated with a fancy UI, and has been able to open everything else any other office app can as of now. Is there a worthy replacement?
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Did you try A Better Camera? One downsize for me is saving data to SD card is under development for Android 5.
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Will do Been using Camera Zoom FX (Pro) for a few days and it keeps asking me to comment and rate it on the Play store every 3-4 shots, it's awful. The video interface is bad, as well, you need to switch modes, then start recording, then it asks you whether you want to save it after pressing the stop button... Nearly lost my recording when I used it. Photography wise - it keeps trying to focus (and set other parameters) in the dark without firing flash for assistance so I get photos that are at least "burnt" by flash or blurry, along with that. Dang
Is there any way to bypass the native camera as primary camera source on Android phones even if it involves deleting the default camera?
There are many apps which pretty much involve a 'fake camera' which you could use on snapchat/kik and such and they would prompt you so you could select videos and pictures from your gallery so you could upload stuff to your history that wasn't taken today.
Nowadays most of these apps automatically select your native or primary camera so even if you were to download a thousand apps it wouldn't work.
I wanna know if there's a way to make one of these apps your default camera or if one could use the concept involved in Manycam? Where the video source selected could be a video or photo which would then show if your native's phone camera and you could then use on snapchat-kik.
Thanks very much for your time.